Comments on: Unstress

Unstress

strangeguitars — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:05:30 -0800

Stressed out? Listen to this healing song and follow it's prescription to the letter!

I was on the train between Penn Station and New Brunswick commuting, and I heard this guy with a Morgan Freeman-esque voice telling his son to get ready and put his shoes on. There was a soothing rhythm to his voice, which when mixed with the huge white noise of the train, kind of became melodic. This rhythm/melody fermented in my brain a few days, and then became the main synth line for this song. I was working on Wall Street at the time, so all I could think about was how to get rid of stress. I had a cold, which enabled me to "sing" those crazy droning low Ds. The bass line is my favorite out of all the songs I've written. The drum machine, ironically, is a rap beat from that little Alesis box (SR12). [There are a couple of nostalgic musical references here and there. The first one should be too obvious (and initially wasn't intentional, but kept it anyway). See what you can hear.] OK, everybody, join hands, and Unstress!

By: chococat

chococat — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:28:59 -0800

Nice. Relaxingly hypnotic, with a dash of Tom.

By: strangeguitars

strangeguitars — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:56:10 -0800

That's the first one.

By: micayetoca

micayetoca — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:31:41 -0800

Relaxingly hypnotic indeed. And yeah, the first thing that "got me" was the bass, then I read it was your favorite. Nice one.

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:55:21 -0800

I like this.

*clothes hit floor*

By: nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:47:45 -0800

It could become an anthem for some sect. It's sooo relaxingly hypnotic.